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retriever

[ ri-tree-ver ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that retrieves.
  2. one of any of several breeds of dogs having a coarse, thick, oily coat, trained to retrieve game.
  3. any dog trained to retrieve game.


retriever

/ ɪˈٰːə /

noun

  1. one of a breed of large gun dogs that can be trained to retrieve game See golden retriever Labrador retriever Chesapeake Bay retriever curly-coated retriever flat-coated retriever
  2. any dog used to retrieve shot game
  3. a person or thing that retrieves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of retriever1

First recorded in 1480–90; retrieve + -er 1
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Let’s begin with Jesse Watters — Fox News’ enthusiastic golden retriever in a blazer — who earnestly declared that “the tariffs are for the children.”

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When the centerpiece solo hits, Givens is like a golden retriever with his head out of the car window, jowls flapping in the wind.

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This golden retriever optimism has rolled into his first leading role in "Love Hurts," in which Quan plays a peppy realtor who bakes heart-shaped cookies for his colleagues.

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When her family went on trips, we would house-sit and spend days with their beautiful golden retriever — my sisters and I swam in the pool with Cooper until mami dragged us out.

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Each pouch could save a pet’s life: a retriever that ingested poison, a corgi with a bleeding disorder, a puppy with parvovirus.

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